CLAVES FDNY
10-1 Call Your Quarters
10-2 Return To Your Quarters
10-3 Call The Dispatcher by Telephone
10-4 Acknowledged
10-5 Repeat Last Message
10-6 Stand By
10-7 Verify Address/Information with Source
10-8 Unit is In Service/Available
Code 1 When Division Chief or Battalion Chief is in service in
Chief's Vehicle from another firehouse.
Code 2 When any Unit is on the air outside their response area.
10-9 Off the Air
10-10 Unit Location
10-11 Radio Test
10-12 Preliminary Report
10-13 Fire Marshall Needs Emergency Assistance
10-14 Roster Staffed Engine
Used by Engine Company who only has 4 firefighters. In most
situations, The Dispatcher will send an additional Engine.
10-18 Return All Units except the First Engine and First Truck.
10-19 Return All Units except the First Engine OR First Truck.
10-20 Units to Continue In With Reduced Speed.
10-21 Brush Fire
10-22 Outside Rubbish Fire
10-23 Abandoned/Derelict Vehicle Fire
10-24 Vehicle Fire
10-25 Manhole/Transformer Vault Fire
Code 1- Fire has extended to a building
Code 2- Fire of heavy smoke is issuing from manhole
Code 3- Smoke is seeping from manhole.
Code 4- Transformer Fire (Underground or on Pole)
10-26 Food On The Stove
10-27 Compactor Fire
10-28 Fire or Emergency in the Railroad System/Subway
Code 1- Structural Fire
Code 2- Non-Structural Fire
Code 3- Non-Medical Emergency
Code 4- Power Removal Requested
Code 5- Power Removal Confirmed
10-31 Clogged Incinerator
10-32 Defective Oil Burner
10-33 Odor of Smoke
Code 1- Caused by nearby fire
Code 2- Other Odor
10-34 Sprinkler Emergency
Code 1- Defective Sprinkler
Code 2- Unwarranted Alarm
Code 3- Heat Activated Alarm
10-35 Alarm System Malfunction
Code 1- Defective Alarm
Code 2- Unwarranted Alarm
Code 3- Recorded Alarm
10-36 Vehicle Emergency
Code 1- Wash down of fuel/antifreeze
Code 2- Accident with no Injury or Wash down
Code 3- Accident with Injury
Code 4- Auto Extrication
10-37 Assist Civilian
Code 1- Patient Deceased (non-fire related)
Code 2- Patient With Life Threatening Injuries
Code 3- Patient Injured/Non-Life Threatening Injuries
10-38 Carbon Monoxide Emergency
Code 1- Defective Alarm
Code 2- Readings from 1-9 parts per million
Code 3- Readings above 9 parts per million
Code 4- No Detector Activation
10-39 FD Standing Fast at Interagency Incident
10-40 Utility Emergency
Code 1- Gas Emergency
Code 2- Electrical Emergency
Code 3- Water Condition
Code 4- Steam Leak
10-41 Suspicious Fire
Code 1- Occupied Structure or Vehicle
Code 2- Unoccupied Structure
Code 3- Unoccupied Vehicle
Code 4- Vacant Structure
10-44 Request for an Ambulance to scene
10-45 Serious Injury to Civilian Due to Fire
Code 1- Patient Deceased
Code 2- Patient Suffering Life-Threatening Injury
Code 3- Patient Seriously Injured
10-47 Request Police Response
10-48 Request Police Response on an Emergency Basis
10-51 Outside Activity Cancelled Due to Weather
10-60 Major Emergency Response
10-70 Water Relay Required to Supply First Due Engine
10-75 Working Fire
4 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue, 1 Squad,
1 FAST Truck , 2 Battalion Chiefs and 1 Division Chief.
10-76 Working Fire in a High-Rise Office Building
5 Engines, 5 Trucks, 4 Battalion Chiefs, 1 Deputy Chief,
1 Rescue, Mask Service Unit, Hi-Rise Unit,
Field Communications Unit, 1 Squad, 1 Tactical Support
Unit, 1 Rehab (RAC) Unit, Rescue Operations Chief,
Safety Chief, Safety Coordinating Chief, 1 Command
Post Company
10-77 Working Fire in a High-Rise Residential Building
10-80 Hazardous Materials Incident
No Code- No Additional Units Requested
Code 1- Requires additional resources not carried by
regularly assigned companies. 4 Engines, 2 Trucks,
2 Battalion Chiefs, 1 Deputy Chief, FAST Truck, Haz-Mat
Battalion Chief, Haz-Mat 1, 1 Haz-Mat Technician Unit,
1 Rescue, Haz-Tac Ambulance, Haz-Tac Conditions
Chief, 1 BLS Ambulance and Conditions Officer
*Incident does not involve contaminated civilians or
First Responders
Code 2- Requires additional resources above Code 1
Additional Resources include: Safety Battalion Chief,
Rescue Battalion Chief, 3 Additional Battalion Chiefs,
Field Communications Unit, 1 Additional Haz-Mat
Technician Unit, Decontamination Support Unit,
Tactical Support Unit, Chemical Protective Clothing
Support Unit, 1 Additional Haz-Tac Ambulance, 1
Additional ALS Ambulance, 1 Additional BLS
Ambulance, Rehabilitation (RAC) Unit, Public
Information Officer, Medical Director
*Incident involves 4 or less contaminated civilians or
First Responders
Code 3- Requires additional resources above Code 2
Additional resources include: Command Chief, 1
additional Deputy Chief, 3 additional Haz-Tac
Ambulances, 1 Decontamination Shower Unit, 1
additional Haz-Mat Technician Unit, 3 additional
Chemical Protective Clothing (CPC) Units, 1
additional Rehab (RAC) Unit, Mask Service Unit,
EMS Deputy Chief, ALS Ambulances, BLS
Ambulances
*Incident involves 5 or more contaminated civilians or
First Responders
Code 4- Requires additional resources above Code 3
Additional resources include: The Mass
Decontamination Task Force (MDTF). The MDTF
includes: 1 Battalion Chief, 2 Engines, 1 CPC Tower
Ladder, 1 Haz-Tac Ambulance, 2 SOC Support Ladders,
For every 250 victims, an additional MDTF will be
requested
*Incident is a Mass Decontamination Incident
10-84 Units Arrived at the Scene
10-85 Fire Marshals Request Immediate Police Assistance.
10-86 Fluoroprotein Foam Operation
10-87 High Expansion Foam Operation
10-91 Emergency with no action taken by FD units
10-92 False Alarm
10-99 Units will be operating for more than 30 minutes.